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Video Schedule DAY

Fall 2007

Anth 1601-01: 02:00 P.M. - 04:00 P.M., TTh, Cina 214, 4 cr

for Tim Roufs' section

visual anthropology

Anthropology Videos and DVDs at the UMD Library

Archaeology and Classical Studies Videos and DVDs in the UMD Library

Video materials used in class illustrate many topics covered in this course. Consider these presentations similar to lab sessions, that is, watch them carefully and critically rather than simply watch another movie or video. The exams will include these materials, and it will be assumed that you have paid critical attention to them.

Week

Day

Date

No.

Title

01
01
Tuesday
04 Sept. 2007
 
 
  02 Thursday
06 Sept. 2007
   
         
02 03 Tuesday
11 Sept. 2007

VC 1290 Yanomamö: A Multidisciplinary Study
(45 min., 1970)

Controversy: Darkness in El Dorado
04
Thursday
13 Sept. 2007

DVD 1015
The Search for Adam
(51 min., 2005)
   
   
 03 05 Tuesday
18 Sept. 2007
DVD 742 Journey of Man . . .
(120 min., 2003)
  06 Thursday
20 Sept. 2007
DVD 742 Journey of Man . . . (cont.)
(120 min., 2003)
   
 
04
07
Tuesday
25 Sept. 2007
 
  08 Thursday
27 Sept. 2007
VC 802 Monkey, Ape and Man
(49 min., 1971)
 
 
05
09
Tuesday
02 Oct. 2007
VC 806 Among the Wild Chimpanzees
(58 min., 1984)
10
Thursday
04 Oct. 2007
DVD 1150
The Last Great Ape
(56 min., 2007)
         
 06 11
Tuesday
09 Oct. 2007
   
12
Thursday
11 Oct. 2007
Exam #1 -- DAY
Chs. 01 - 07, and other class materials
         
07
13
Tuesday
16 Oct. 2007
 
14
Thursday
18 Oct. 2007
VC 4465
Search for the First Human – A Secrets of the Dead Special
(60 min., 2002)
         
08
15
Tuesday
23 Oct. 2007
VC 398
The Making of Mankind: One Small Step
(55 min., 1981)
16
Thursday
25 Oct. 2007
VC 3641,
Pt. 2

"Origins of Homo Sapiens: East African Roots"
part 2 of The Story of Hominid Evolution
(47 min., 1997)

Good supplementary video:
Out of Asia: New Theories on Evolution
-- Films for the Humanities
(52 min., 1998, VC 4325)


         
09 17 Tuesday
30 Oct. 2007
   
18
Thursday
01 Nov. 2007
VC 961
Children of Eve
(58 min., CC, 1987)
-- a historical look at "Eve" and other important finds

Good supplementary video:
Dead Men Talk
(50 min., 1991, VC 2175)
-- includes Qafzeh

         
10
19
Tuesday
06 Nov. 2007
VC 3647,
Pt. 1
"The Mammoth Hunter"
episode 1 of the The Fate of Neanderthal Man series
(52 min., 1999)
  20
Thursday
08 Nov. 2007
VC 3647,
Pt. 2

"The Death of Neanderthal Man [sic.]"
episode 2 of the The Fate of Neanderthal Man series
(52 min., 1999)


Also available at the UMD library:

Neanderthals on Trial -- NOVA
(60 min., 2002, VC 4333)

For fun, have a look at Neanderthal's World -- Films for the Humanities
(97 min., 2001, VC 4592)


[The facts and datails in this presentation are good, but the dramatization gets a little carried away. Nonetheless, it's a fun video to watch.]

   
 
11 21 Tuesday
13 Nov. 2007
Exam #2 -- DAY Chs. 08 - 12, and other class materials
22
Thursday
15 Nov. 2007
DVD 94
time permitting, for fun: "Hunt or be Hunted"
from Before We Ruled the Earth series -- Discovery Channel
(49 min., 2003, Chs. 5-7)
 
 
 12
tools: lithics
23
Tuesday
20 Nov. 2007
VC 2841
Blades and Pressure Flaking
(21 min., 1968)
   
Tuesday
20 Nov. 2007
VC 4261
Alan Alda, "Hand Made Human,"
from Scientific American Frontiers, "Life's Really Big Questions"
(Segment 2, 15 min., 2000)
   
Thursday
22 Nov. 2007
Thanksgiving
  24
Tuesday
27 Nov. 2007
VC 4324
Homo Sapiens: A Look into a Distant Mirror
(53 min., 1999)
   
13

hunting / gathering / foraging
25
Thursday
29 Nov. 2007
VC 2305
The Hunters
(72 min., 1958)
  26
Tuesday
04 Dec. 2007
VC 1094
The Desert People
(51 min., 1965)
   
 
14

Food Production:
Neolithic ...
27
Thursday
06 Dec. 2007
VC 3906,
pt. 1
"Wisdom of the Stones: Life in the Neolithic Age"
part 1 of Secrets of the Stone Age Series
(51 min., 2000)

Other parts of the series include:

New and Old World Civilizations

collapse
28
Tuesday
11 Dec. 2007
VC 1981
The Iceman
(56 min., 1992)

Good supplementary video:
The Iceman -- Films for the Humanities
(97 min., 1998, VC 4327)

Another good supplementary video: 
Ice mummies. Siberian Ice Maiden -- NOVA
(57 min., 1998, VC 3963)

         
 15 29
Thursday
13 Dec. 2007
VC 2135 *"The Collapse"
from the Out of the Past series
(60 min., 1993)

30 NA f2007 DVD 883 Quest for Phoenicians
(ca. 60 min., 2006)
    DVD 94 *for fun: "Mastering the Beasts"
from Before We Ruled the Earth series -- Discovery Channel
(49 min., 2003, Chs. 5-7)

How do you look at this program differently now than you might have at the beginning of the semester?

* time permitting

16
   
Final Exam

The f2008 DAY Final Exam will be on Wednesday, 17 December 2007, 08:00 - 09:55 a.m. in Cina 214
on Chs. 13 - 16, general trends and important concepts from Chs. 01 - 16, and all class materials



Check with National Geographic, Discovery, and Nova for future programs

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